Qualcomm and Teleepoch
Enter Into a 3G CDMA Subscriber Unit License Agreement, October
6, 2007
MTN chooses Cambridge Broadband
Networks for multi-service wireless network in Rwanda, October 6,
2007
Brazilian government to
publish 3G bidding rules soon, October 6, 2007
KTF 3G service suffers
from technical problems, October 6, 2007
Argentina’s Personal
lunches 3G service in Rosario, October 6, 2007
Russia has it's first 3G
network, October 6, 2007
AT&T could drop Alcatel-Lucent
as 3G mobile network supplier, October 6, 2007
Enea Extends License Agreement
with ZTE for 3G Handsets, October 2, 2007
LG to unveil premium handsets
in Brazil, October 2, 2007
KTF 3G subscribers doubled
in less than 3 months, October 2, 2007
3G policy in India will
be non-uniform, October 2, 2007
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3G operators in Europe should be allowed to choose other technologies
- report
November 12, 2003
Mobile 3G network operators in Europe should be allowed by regulators
to consider technologies other than W-CDMA in delivering the advanced
high speed data and multimedia services envisaged for UMTS, according
to a new white paper, Maximising the economic benefits from spectrum use:
how to meet the needs of users, operators, vendors and regulators, prepared
by Analysys Research.
The report comments that W-CDMA will definitely provide significant increases
in voice capacity for 3G operators, but has still to prove its capabilities
in reliably delivering the performance improvements in form of broadband
speeed, latency and cost-effectiveness initially anticipated by customers,
operators, vendors and regulators. This uncertainty, coupled with delays
to 3G service launches and reduced plans for coverage roll-out, is resulting
in business customers, especially large corporations, expressing reluctance
to invest in new mobile data solutions.
“There is no doubt that there is a huge potential demand from IT managers
for mobile data solutions that can drive improvements in productivity,”
says the report’s author, Ross Pow, Managing Director of Analysys Research,
“but they need to be convinced of the return on investment they will earn
and especially that new services will reduce the costs they face in adapting
enterprise applications for the mobile environment.”
The report goes on to state that, while the harmonised approach across
the EU to the introduction of 3G was entirely appropriate, following the
worldwide success of GSM, the big intervening competitive, financial and
technological changes to the telecoms market mean that the time is approaching
to evaluate if W-CDMA is likely to achieve a similar level of success.
“Spectrum is a highly valuable resource,” says Pow, “and it is in the
shared interests of customers, operators, vendors and regulators to make
sure that it is being used as effectively as possible to maximise the
resulting economic benefits.”
The report notes that increased consideration is being given to ensuring
the effective use of spectrum through mechanisms such as spectrum trading
and technology-neutral licensing and suggests that decisions over the
use of IMT-2000 spectrum should reflect this new approach. “If, within
the next one to two years, W-CDMA is seen by operators to be delivering
on its promises, then operators will choose to stick with it,” says Pow,
“otherwise they should be able to consider the use of other technologies
to offer the services that customers want.”
The report also states that removing technology restrictions on spectrum
use should deliver increased investment, innovation and competition, concluding
that any shortcomings in the ability of the European mobile industry to
introduce innovative and high quality mobile data services will result
in it falling behind Asia and North America, with a resulting negative
impact on jobs and investment.
- The harmonised implementation of 3G is taking place in a market very
different to that when GSM was introduced
- Removing technology restrictions on spectrum use should deliver increased
investment, innovation and competition
- It is appropriate to allow market players to evaluate the use of other
technologies to deliver mobile broadband data services with IMT-2000 spectrum
- W-CDMA provides operators with increased voice capacity, but has still
to prove it can support the advanced broadband data services anticipated
by enterprise customers
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